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Irony / Percussion Group The Hague

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: John Cage: First Construction (in Metal) for 6 Percussionists; Franco Donatoni: Omar; Jo Kondo: Under the Umbrella; Ron Ford: Star; Steve Reich: Drumming; Nicolaus A. Huber: Herbstfestival
Performers: De Zeeuw, Ger; Jiskoot, Murk; Marinissen, Arnold; Matthijsse, Emiel; Van Hoorn, Niels; Van Veen, Frank; Weekhout, Michel
Ensemble: The Hague Percussion Group

Reich: Electric Counterpoint, Radioactivity, etc / Powerplant, Elysian String Quartet, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-01-04

Works: Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Tour de France; Radioactivity; Pocket Calculator; Carbon Copy; Temazcal; Audiotectonics III
Performers: Burgess, Joby; Fairclough, Matthew
Ensemble: Elysian String Quartet ; Powerplant

'Powerplant' encompasses the work of some of the most dynamic young British artists, bringing together the virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess and live sound engineer Matthew...continue...

Percussive Counterpoint

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-23

Works: Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint; Svet Stoyanov: Improvisation for Bulgarian tapan; Alejandro Viñao: Khan Variations, for solo marimba; James Wood: Rogosanti, for solo percussion; Eric Sammut:...
Performers: Simeonov, Moni; Stoyanov, Svet

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files....continue...

EMI American Classics - Minimalism - Reich, Glass, etc / Thomas, Warren-Green, Wilson, London CO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint; Eight Lines; New York Counterpoint; Four Organs; Philip Glass: Facades; Company
Performers: Damiens, Alain; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra ; Solisti New York

Minimalism was originally the word used to describe certain movements in the visual arts and design of the immediate post World War II period. Then,...continue...

Steve Reich - Phases (A Nonesuch Retrospective)

5 CD / Nonesuch / 2006-09-26

Works: Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians; Different Trains, for double string quartet & tape; Tehillim, for 3 sopranos, alto, winds, strings, percussion & keyboards; Eight Lines; You Are (Variations), for...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Beiser, Maya; Benschop, Yvonne; Bensman, Cheryl; Borden, Barbara; Goud, Ananda; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; Martin, Frances; Metheny, Pat; Prater, Sharon; Redding, D...
Ensemble: Bang On A Can ; Los Angeles Master Chorale ; Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic (Members) ; Members of the Steve Reich Ensemble (Members) ; Schoenberg Ensemble ; Steve Reich and Musicians

From the Kitchen Archives Vol 2 - Steve Reich Live 1977

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2005-07-12

Works: Steve Reich: Six Pianos; Pendulum Music, for 3 or more microphones, amps & loudspeakers; Violin Phase; Music for Pieces of Wood, for 5 pairs of tuned claves; Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4...
Performers: Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Cohen, Richard [clarinet]; Fraley, Pamela; Guibbory, Shem; Hartenberger, Russ; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Schall, Gary; Tieghem, David Van; ...
Ensemble: Steve Reich

Steve Reich is one of the foremost composers of our time and an important 'first generation' minimalist composer who has performed at The Kitchen Center...continue...
Personnel: Steve Reich (whistling, piano, marimba, glockenspiel, bongos, claves); Pamela Fraley, Jay Clayton (vocals); Steve Chambers, James Preiss, Glen Velez (whistling, piano, marimba, glockenspiel...continue...

Echo 20/21 Reich: Drumming

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-11-11

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming, for 2 female voices, piccolo, 4 pairs of bongos, 3 marimbas & 3 glockenspiels
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Cardew, Cornelius; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Scott, Leslie; Velez, Glen

"Drumming is an immense sound machine which, while holding its ensemble of percussionists and vocalists in a firm grip, also gives them the means to...continue...
Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Glen Velez (whistling, marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Ben Harms, Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss (marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Cor...continue...

20/21 - Reich: Variations, Six Pianos

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-08-13

Works: Steve Reich: Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboard; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vi; Six Pianos
Performers: Barbara, Joan La; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Chambers, Steve; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Tim; Ferchen, Timothy; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Jarrett, Janice; La Barbara, Joan; Preiss, James; Reich, Ste...
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

The legendary recordings of 'Music for Mallet Instruments' and 'Six Pianos' has been newly remastered for this reissue, plus the gorgeious ' Variations.' Reich's works...continue...
Personnel: Steve Reich (piano, marimba); Janice Jarrett, Jay Clayton, Joan La Barbara (vocals); Steve Chambers (piano, organ); Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger (piano, marimba); Glen Velez (piano, glock...continue...

Steve Reich 1966-1996

10 CD / Nonesuch / 1997-05-27

Works: Steve Reich: Come Out; Piano Phase; It's Gonna Rain; Four Organs; Drumming; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Electric Organ; Clapping Music; Six Marimbas; Music for 18 Musicians; Eight Lines;...
Performers: Bassi, James [tenor]; Beckenstein, Marion; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Bennett, Alan [Comedy]; Benschop, Yvonne; Borden, Barbara; Carrington, Simon; Dutt, Hank; Elliot, Paul; Fullington, Andrea; Gordon...
Ensemble: Bang On A Can ; Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus ; Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra members ; Kronos Quartet ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Manhattan Marimba Quartet ; Nexus members ; Percussion Gro...

This set received a 1998 "Critic's Choice" award from Gramophone

magazine.

Of the composers generally referred to as "minimalist" (a label almost universally rejected by those to whom it...continue...

The Four Sections/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

1 CD / Nonesuch / 1991-01-22

Works: Steve Reich: The Four Sections; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vi
Performers: Ambush, Pamela Wood; Armstrong, Rebecca; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; London Symphony Orchestra; Niemann, Edmund; Preiss, James; Reich...
Ensemble: ; Steve Reich and Musicians

Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba); Nurit Tillis (piano, organ); Edmund Niemann (piano); James Preiss (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger (marimba, percussion); Tim Ferchen (marimba...continue...

Reich: Drumming / Steve Reich and Musicians

1 CD / Nonesuch / 1987-09-30

Works: Steve Reich: Drumming
Performers: Becker, Bob; Clayton, Jay; Harms, Ben; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; Preiss, James; Reich, Steve; Schall, Gary; Silver, Mort; Velez, Glen; Wheeler, Thad; Wood Ambush, Pamela
Ensemble: Steve Reich and Musicians Ensemble

Personnel: Steve Reich (whistling, drums); Mort Silver (piccolo); Phil Smith (piano); Thad Wheeler, Garry Kvistad, Gary Schall (marimba, glockenspiel, drums); Tim Ferchen, Steve Chambers, Russ Hartenb...continue...